Glades Day RB Taylor moves 158 yards closer in chase for national rushing record

September 24, 2012|By Steve Gorten, Sun Sentinel

Glades Day running back Kelvin Taylor rested the second half against Jupiter Christian on Friday, but not before he rushed 12 times for 158 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-0 win.

It was a relatively quiet night for the senior now has 884 yards rushing this season, giving him a four-year high school rushing total of 9,080 heading into this Friday’s game at Yulee, which features its own highly touted running back -- Derrick Henry. The game will kick off at 8 p.m. and will be nationally televised on ESPNU.

Taylor needs 2,153 yards to establish a new national career high school rushing record. Taylor’s rushing total as an eight-grader (1,584 yards) doesn’t count toward the record, but it does toward the state of Florida record he seized last season from Emmitt Smith. Taylor now has 10,664 career yards from eighth grade through the first four games of this season.

Henry has 9,255 career yards and passed Smith to move into second place all-time with a state-record 502 yards rushing Friday night against Jacksonville Jackson.